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Disabled actor and activist Liz Carr has described her hopes that her BBC1 documentary about assisted suicide will finally explain the dangers of legalisation to a mainstream audience. Better Off Dead?, to be broadcast on Tuesday (14 May) at 9pm, sees […]
The equality watchdog has been accused of bowing to political pressure by failing to force the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to prevent further deaths of disabled benefit claimants, two years after promising to take legal action. It is now […]
The prime minister has been asked to explain his government’s “onslaught” on disability rights, in a letter signed by more than 25 disabled people’s organisations and allies. They have accused Rishi Sunak of trying to “scare people into good health” and […]
Figures passed to the rail regulator by train companies have repeatedly inflated the success of the industry’s pre-booked passenger assistance service, potentially adding weight to the push to close ticket offices and cut station staff. The data showed the number of […]
The minister for disabled people has refused to explain why she shared a social media post that described her own government’s disability benefit reforms as “dangerous” and accused ministers of “demonising” disabled people. Mims Davies, who has been minister for disabled […]
The government is considering making it harder to claim disability benefits and even replacing cash payments with vouchers or one-off grants, as part of its latest “brutal, ideological attack” on disabled people’s support. The plans could see the Department for Work […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to say how many disabled people it expects to lose their disability benefits if it pushes ahead with controversial proposals for reforms and spending cuts. The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, and the […]
Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride has refused to apologise for misleading viewers twice in a television interview about his plans to cut disability benefits. On the day he launched a new green paper that described the Conservative government’s plans to […]
Disabled people have described the crucial role that personal independence payment (PIP) plays in their lives, after the government announced proposals that could drastically cut support for many claimants if the Conservatives win the next general election. Under the plans for […]
Disabled activists protesting outside parliament have spoken of their horror at the government releasing new plans to cut disability benefits on the same day MPs were debating the idea of legalising assisted suicide. There are fears that yet more cuts to […]